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The canary in the concrete jungle: how polluted towns make sparrows frail, anxious and old before their time

By Simon Griffith, Professor of Avian Behavioural Ecology, Macquarie University
Mark Patrick Taylor, Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Max M Gillings, PhD Candidate, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University

New research on house sparrows in three Australian towns revealed subtle but disturbing effects of pollution. If city living is harming birds, what about people?

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